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August 19, 2013

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	Illinois	Nation

Demographics

Population
	Illinois	Nation
Total (State rank: 5)	12,869,259	311,591,919

Age distribution
Age range	Illinois	Nation
Up to 4	6.4%	6.4%
5 to 14	13.4%	13.2%
15 to 19	7.1%	7.0%
20 to 24	6.9%	7.1%
25 to 44	27.1%	26.4%
45 to 64	26.4%	26.5%
65 and older	12.8%	13.2%

Racial and ethnic distribution
Race or ethnicity	Illinois	Nation
American Indian	0.2%	0.8%
Asian	4.7%	4.8%
Black	14.5%	12.6%
Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.2%
White	72.5%	74.1%
More than one race	2.0%	2.8%
Hispanic (may be any race)	16.1%	16.7%
Other	6.1%	4.7%

Educational attainment of adults (highest level)
Level	Illinois	Nation
8th grade or less	5.6%	6.0%
Some high school, no diploma	7.2%	8.1%
High-school diploma	27.6%	28.4%
Some college, no degree	21.3%	21.2%
Associate degree	7.3%	7.8%
Bachelor’s degree	19.3%	17.9%
Master’s degree	8.4%	7.5%
Doctoral degree	1.1%	1.2%
Professional degree	2.2%	1.9%

Proportion who speak a language other than English at home
	Illinois	Nation
	22.7%	20.8%

Per capita personal income
	Illinois	Nation
(State rank: 17)	$44,815	$42,693

Poverty rate
	Illinois	Nation
	15.0%	15.9%

New high-school graduates
Estimate	Illinois	Nation
Total for 2013-14	142,131	3,219,207
Projected change from 2013-14 to 2023-24	-2.8%	7.9%

New GED diploma recipients
	Illinois	Nation
	14,735	401,388

High-school dropout rate
	Illinois	Nation
	4.9%	4.9%

Faculty pay

Average pay of full-time professors

Public doctoral institutions
Academic rank	Illinois	Nation
Professor	$117,961	$118,822
Associate professor	$78,950	$81,373
Assistant professor	$72,467	$70,325
All	$83,741	$85,690

Public master’s institutions
Academic rank	Illinois	Nation
Professor	$87,584	$89,076
Associate professor	$69,744	$71,297
Assistant professor	$60,864	$60,506
All	$64,366	$69,025

Private nonprofit doctoral institutions
Academic rank	Illinois	Nation
Professor	$161,083	$152,042
Associate professor	$93,456	$95,762
Assistant professor	$83,779	$82,983
All	$109,025	$108,803

Private nonprofit master’s institutions
Academic rank	Illinois	Nation
Professor	$85,947	$91,161
Associate professor	$71,157	$71,963
Assistant professor	$58,902	$58,901
All	$68,699	$69,941

Other 4-year institutions
Control	Illinois	Nation
Public	n/a	$61,265
Private nonprofit	$66,342	$68,804

2-year colleges
Control	Illinois	Nation
Public	$69,216	$62,568
Private nonprofit	$44,999	$48,969

Students

Enrollment
Group	Illinois	Nation
Undergraduate	735,435	18,047,249
Graduate and professional	157,446	2,931,076
At public 4-year institutions	203,670	8,033,071
At public 2-year institutions	373,373	7,062,467
At private 4-year institutions, nonprofit	229,926	3,887,322
At private 2-year institutions, nonprofit	922	39,553
At private 4-year institutions, for-profit	75,575	1,559,080
At private 2-year institutions, for-profit	9,415	396,832
Total	892,881	20,978,325

Share of enrollment
Institution type	Illinois	Nation
Public	65%	72%
4-year	57%	64%
2-year	43%	36%

Degrees awarded
Level	Illinois	Nation
Associate	40,009	942,217
Bachelor’s	71,580	1,712,538
Master’s	43,011	730,635
Doctorate	7,846	163,715

Residence of new students

State

State residents made up 86% of all freshmen enrolled in Illinois in the fall of 2010 who had graduated from high school in the previous year; 71% of all Illinois residents who were freshmen attended college in their home state.

Nation

82% of all freshmen in the fall of 2010 who had graduated from high school in the previous year attended colleges in their home states.

Graduation rates at 4-year institutions
Gender, race or ethnicity	Illinois	Nation
All	62.3%	59.0%
Men	60.8%	56.4%
Women	63.5%	61.2%
American Indian	44.6%	40.6%
Asian	72.4%	69.7%
Black	37.1%	40.2%
Hispanic	50.9%	51.4%
White	66.8%	62.3%
2 or more races	74.4%	64.0%
Race unknown	58.4%	56.0%

Diversity

Enrollment by race, ethnicity, and citizenship status
Race, ethnicity, or citizenship status	Illinois	Nation
American Indian	2,628	174,629
Asian	46,162	1,133,719
Black	133,202	2,840,259
Pacific Islander	1,926	61,179
Hispanic	116,751	2,695,637
White	499,520	11,519,372
2 or more races	13,940	405,812
Race unknown	47,120	1,409,094
Foreign	31,632	738,624
Total	892,881	20,978,325

Share of enrollment
Group	Illinois	Nation
Women	56.5%	57.0%
American Indian	0.3%	0.8%
Asian	5.2%	5.4%
Black	14.9%	13.5%
Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.3%
Hispanic	13.1%	12.8%
White	55.9%	54.9%
2 or more races	1.6%	1.9%
Race unknown	5.3%	6.7%
Foreign	3.5%	3.5%
Minority	35.2%	34.9%
Underrepresented minority	28.3%	27.2%
Full-time	57.6%	61.9%

Test scores

State

Students averaged 20.9 on the ACT, which was taken by an estimated 100% of Illinois’s high-school seniors. Students averaged 1211 on the SAT, which was taken by an estimated 5% of Illinois’s high-school seniors.

Nation

Students averaged 21.1 on the ACT and 1010 on the SAT.

Finance

Average tuition and fees
Institution type	Illinois	Nation
Public 4-year	$10,617	$7,087
Public 2-year	$2,948	$2,419
Private 4-year	$26,741	$26,165

State funds for higher-education operating expenses
	Illinois	Nation
State funds	$3,566,692,200	$71,966,406,875
One-year change	-0.8%	-0.4%

State spending on student aid
Aid type	Illinois	Nation
Need-based grants	$411,729,161	$6,954,307,090
Non-need-based grants	$19,521,440	$2,444,876,754
Nongrant aid	$6,505,561	$1,737,198,826
Total	$437,756,162	$11,136,382,670

Spending on research and development by colleges and universities
	Illinois	Nation
Total	$2,352,936,000	$65,073,411,000
One-year change	5.8%	6.3%

Sources of financing
Source	Illinois	Nation
Federal government	65.2%	62.6%
State and local governments	2.5%	5.9%
Industry	4.2%	4.9%
Nonprofit	5.5%	5.9%
Institution itself	21.9%	19.1%
Other	0.6%	1.6%

Share for specific research fields
Field	Illinois	Nation
Engineering	12.3%	15.4%
Environmental sciences	1.1%	4.9%
Life sciences	62.1%	57.2%
Math and computer sciences	6.5%	3.6%
Physical sciences	8.4%	7.3%
Psychology	2.1%	1.7%
Social sciences	2.3%	3.1%
Other sciences	1.6%	1.7%
Fields other than science and engineering	3.7%	4.9%

Largest endowment
Institution	Illinois
Northwestern University	$7,118,595,000

Top fund raisers (among survey participants)
Institution	Illinois
University of Chicago	$255,764,212
Northwestern University	$233,746,397
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign	$137,059,055

Colleges and universities

Number of institutions
Institution type	Illinois	Nation
Public 4-year	12	679
Public 2-year	48	972
Private 4-year, nonprofit	80	1,557
Private 2-year, nonprofit	4	100
Private 4-year, for-profit	24	735
Private 2-year, for-profit	14	669
Total	182	4,712

3 largest institutions by enrollment
Institution	Illinois
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign	40,541
University of Illinois at Chicago	23,041
DePaul University	19,029

Institutions censured or sanctioned by the AAUP

National-Louis University

Institutions on NCAA probation

Illinois College

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Almanac 2013 »

Illinois

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	Illinois	Nation

Demographics

Population
	Illinois	Nation
Total (State rank: 5)	12,869,259	311,591,919

Age distribution
Age range	Illinois	Nation
Up to 4	6.4%	6.4%
5 to 14	13.4%	13.2%
15 to 19	7.1%	7.0%
20 to 24	6.9%	7.1%
25 to 44	27.1%	26.4%
45 to 64	26.4%	26.5%
65 and older	12.8%	13.2%

Racial and ethnic distribution
Race or ethnicity	Illinois	Nation
American Indian	0.2%	0.8%
Asian	4.7%	4.8%
Black	14.5%	12.6%
Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.2%
White	72.5%	74.1%
More than one race	2.0%	2.8%
Hispanic (may be any race)	16.1%	16.7%
Other	6.1%	4.7%

Educational attainment of adults (highest level)
Level	Illinois	Nation
8th grade or less	5.6%	6.0%
Some high school, no diploma	7.2%	8.1%
High-school diploma	27.6%	28.4%
Some college, no degree	21.3%	21.2%
Associate degree	7.3%	7.8%
Bachelor’s degree	19.3%	17.9%
Master’s degree	8.4%	7.5%
Doctoral degree	1.1%	1.2%
Professional degree	2.2%	1.9%

Proportion who speak a language other than English at home
	Illinois	Nation
	22.7%	20.8%

Per capita personal income
	Illinois	Nation
(State rank: 17)	$44,815	$42,693

Poverty rate
	Illinois	Nation
	15.0%	15.9%

New high-school graduates
Estimate	Illinois	Nation
Total for 2013-14	142,131	3,219,207
Projected change from 2013-14 to 2023-24	-2.8%	7.9%

New GED diploma recipients
	Illinois	Nation
	14,735	401,388

High-school dropout rate
	Illinois	Nation
	4.9%	4.9%

Faculty pay

Average pay of full-time professors

Public doctoral institutions
Academic rank	Illinois	Nation
Professor	$117,961	$118,822
Associate professor	$78,950	$81,373
Assistant professor	$72,467	$70,325
All	$83,741	$85,690

Public master’s institutions
Academic rank	Illinois	Nation
Professor	$87,584	$89,076
Associate professor	$69,744	$71,297
Assistant professor	$60,864	$60,506
All	$64,366	$69,025

Private nonprofit doctoral institutions
Academic rank	Illinois	Nation
Professor	$161,083	$152,042
Associate professor	$93,456	$95,762
Assistant professor	$83,779	$82,983
All	$109,025	$108,803

Private nonprofit master’s institutions
Academic rank	Illinois	Nation
Professor	$85,947	$91,161
Associate professor	$71,157	$71,963
Assistant professor	$58,902	$58,901
All	$68,699	$69,941

Other 4-year institutions
Control	Illinois	Nation
Public	n/a	$61,265
Private nonprofit	$66,342	$68,804

2-year colleges
Control	Illinois	Nation
Public	$69,216	$62,568
Private nonprofit	$44,999	$48,969

Students

Enrollment
Group	Illinois	Nation
Undergraduate	735,435	18,047,249
Graduate and professional	157,446	2,931,076
At public 4-year institutions	203,670	8,033,071
At public 2-year institutions	373,373	7,062,467
At private 4-year institutions, nonprofit	229,926	3,887,322
At private 2-year institutions, nonprofit	922	39,553
At private 4-year institutions, for-profit	75,575	1,559,080
At private 2-year institutions, for-profit	9,415	396,832
Total	892,881	20,978,325

Share of enrollment
Institution type	Illinois	Nation
Public	65%	72%
4-year	57%	64%
2-year	43%	36%

Degrees awarded
Level	Illinois	Nation
Associate	40,009	942,217
Bachelor’s	71,580	1,712,538
Master’s	43,011	730,635
Doctorate	7,846	163,715

Residence of new students

State

Nation

82% of all freshmen in the fall of 2010 who had graduated from high school in the previous year attended colleges in their home states.

Graduation rates at 4-year institutions
Gender, race or ethnicity	Illinois	Nation
All	62.3%	59.0%
Men	60.8%	56.4%
Women	63.5%	61.2%
American Indian	44.6%	40.6%
Asian	72.4%	69.7%
Black	37.1%	40.2%
Hispanic	50.9%	51.4%
White	66.8%	62.3%
2 or more races	74.4%	64.0%
Race unknown	58.4%	56.0%

Diversity

Enrollment by race, ethnicity, and citizenship status
Race, ethnicity, or citizenship status	Illinois	Nation
American Indian	2,628	174,629
Asian	46,162	1,133,719
Black	133,202	2,840,259
Pacific Islander	1,926	61,179
Hispanic	116,751	2,695,637
White	499,520	11,519,372
2 or more races	13,940	405,812
Race unknown	47,120	1,409,094
Foreign	31,632	738,624
Total	892,881	20,978,325

Share of enrollment
Group	Illinois	Nation
Women	56.5%	57.0%
American Indian	0.3%	0.8%
Asian	5.2%	5.4%
Black	14.9%	13.5%
Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.3%
Hispanic	13.1%	12.8%
White	55.9%	54.9%
2 or more races	1.6%	1.9%
Race unknown	5.3%	6.7%
Foreign	3.5%	3.5%
Minority	35.2%	34.9%
Underrepresented minority	28.3%	27.2%
Full-time	57.6%	61.9%

Test scores

State

Nation

Students averaged 21.1 on the ACT and 1010 on the SAT.

Finance

Average tuition and fees
Institution type	Illinois	Nation
Public 4-year	$10,617	$7,087
Public 2-year	$2,948	$2,419
Private 4-year	$26,741	$26,165

State funds for higher-education operating expenses
	Illinois	Nation
State funds	$3,566,692,200	$71,966,406,875
One-year change	-0.8%	-0.4%

State spending on student aid
Aid type	Illinois	Nation
Need-based grants	$411,729,161	$6,954,307,090
Non-need-based grants	$19,521,440	$2,444,876,754
Nongrant aid	$6,505,561	$1,737,198,826
Total	$437,756,162	$11,136,382,670

Spending on research and development by colleges and universities
	Illinois	Nation
Total	$2,352,936,000	$65,073,411,000
One-year change	5.8%	6.3%

Sources of financing
Source	Illinois	Nation
Federal government	65.2%	62.6%
State and local governments	2.5%	5.9%
Industry	4.2%	4.9%
Nonprofit	5.5%	5.9%
Institution itself	21.9%	19.1%
Other	0.6%	1.6%

Share for specific research fields
Field	Illinois	Nation
Engineering	12.3%	15.4%
Environmental sciences	1.1%	4.9%
Life sciences	62.1%	57.2%
Math and computer sciences	6.5%	3.6%
Physical sciences	8.4%	7.3%
Psychology	2.1%	1.7%
Social sciences	2.3%	3.1%
Other sciences	1.6%	1.7%
Fields other than science and engineering	3.7%	4.9%

Largest endowment
Institution	Illinois
Northwestern University	$7,118,595,000

Top fund raisers (among survey participants)
Institution	Illinois
University of Chicago	$255,764,212
Northwestern University	$233,746,397
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign	$137,059,055

Colleges and universities

Number of institutions
Institution type	Illinois	Nation
Public 4-year	12	679
Public 2-year	48	972
Private 4-year, nonprofit	80	1,557
Private 2-year, nonprofit	4	100
Private 4-year, for-profit	24	735
Private 2-year, for-profit	14	669
Total	182	4,712

3 largest institutions by enrollment
Institution	Illinois
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign	40,541
University of Illinois at Chicago	23,041
DePaul University	19,029

Institutions censured or sanctioned by the AAUP

National-Louis University

Institutions on NCAA probation

Illinois College

Note: See Sources & Notes for details about the data.

Correction (9/24/2014): All tables in the 2013 Almanac’s States section have been updated to make them more comparable to ones published in other years. The data are now limited to degree-granting institutions that are eligible to receive Title IV federal financial aid, not all higher-education institutions. Administrative offices that were inadvertently counted as institutions in the original version of the tables have been omitted from the total number of institutions in each state. Figures for tuition and fees, which had incorrectly excluded fees, now reflect both tuition and fees. The three largest institutions by enrollment give figures for full-time students in fall 2011, not an unduplicated head count of all undergraduate and graduate students enrolled over a 12-month period for 2010-11.